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Greater Newark Family Services InventoryThe Greater Newark Family Services Inventory (FSI) is an outgrowth of work begun by the multisite Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (conducted locally by researchers based at the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing at Princeton University) and the Fragile Families in Urban Essex Steering Committee, a partnership of agencies, service providers, funders, and researchers with interest and expertise in child welfare. The study defines fragile families as those comprised of unmarried parents and their children. Newark is one of twenty cities across the United States selected for the study. A major observation derived from the study was that connecting parents and caregivers with necessary services soon after the birth of a child had potential to vastly improve outcomes for these families. The FSI is designed to connect families with young children—regardless of whether or not they are defined as “fragile families”—to useful resources and services in urban Essex County. The FSI is a web-based interactive resource that provides up-to-date information that can be accessed by individuals, social service agencies, churches, hospitals, social workers, and others, to assist families with young children in meeting critical service needs. In summer 2007, the Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies at Rutgers University-Newark conducted an exhaustive review of public and private agencies that provide services and resources targeting families with young children. Using public records, directories, agency contacts, and other means, the Center identified listings for service providers in the Greater Newark region. Center staff sent survey forms to each of these listings to get more detailed information. The inventory includes: services provided, capacity, service targets, necessary documentation, fees, transportation, funding sources, and other important information to better help families identify programs that meet their needs. The Schumann Fund for New Jersey provided funding for this project. *For General Information on Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, Visit http://www.fragilefamilies.princeton.edu/ **For More specific information on Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, Visit http://crcw.princeton.edu/ff.asp |